Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Photo by Aaron Acevedo Hosted by the Gross Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, author and rabbi Lee T. Bycel spoke to students and faculty about his newest book, “Refugees in America: Stories of Courage, Resilience, and Hope in Their Own Words.” Bycel began with an overview of what he […]
Photo by Dana Wehmann Entering its final weekend in the Adler Theater, “Anon(ymous)” follows a young refugee struggling to find a comfortable home in America after escaping from his war-torn native land. Following recent debate about renewing DACA and the family separation policy, “Anon(ymous)” is an important play that explores […]
Recent statements and executive orders (EO) by President Trump have sent the country and much of the world into turmoil in the past few weeks. Most notably was the EO that barred people from seven Muslim-majority nations from entering the country for 60 days, as well as restricting refugees from […]
Photo courtesy of Adam Ayyad After returning home from a pilgrimage to Mecca, Adam Ayyad was presented with an offer he could not refuse. “I was praying that God would make me a better person and allow me to eventually do what I love to do. That’s helping people,” said […]
Photo by Michael Riff Dr. Atina Grossmann, professor of history in the faculty of humanities and social services at Cooper Union in New York, visited Ramapo on Friday for a presentation on Jews during World War II. Her presentation, titled Revised Landscape of Jewish Persecution and Survival During and After […]
Photo courtesy of Robert Cotic, Wikipedia Nearly every day since the tragic terror attacks in Paris, news has surfaced about U.S. politicians turning their backs on Syrian refugees attempting to gain entry into the United States. Although admission into the country is granted at the discretion of the federal government […]
Photo by Pauline Park Dr. Priyanca Mathur Velath of St. Joseph’s College gave a presentation on Thursday titled “Refugees, Migrants and the Nation-State: the ‘Insider-Outsider’ Paradox” in the Alumni Lounges. Velath discussed the issues of human rights violations that refugees face, that often go unreported to the public. “These are […]
Photo Courtesy of IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation, Flickr Creative Commons The Syrian Civil War is leaving millions of refugees homeless. Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey took in the majority of the four million Syrian refugees, but these people are not allowed to work because these countries have very high employment rates. […]
